Here is a recipe I made just last week, sorry about the lack of posting…been sooo busy! Thanks for sticking around 🙂
Homemade Wheat Tortillas
[gmc_recipe 1926]
Here is a recipe I made just last week, sorry about the lack of posting…been sooo busy! Thanks for sticking around 🙂
Homemade Wheat Tortillas
[gmc_recipe 1926]
Good Day Homemakers! Today I am going to share a recipe for Chinese Almond Cookies.
Made in the traditional manner, with lard….mmm….yummy…lard. Haha…No really the cookies are delicious! I do not do a lot of cooking with lard but to get the right texture with this traditional Asian dessert only the real thing would do! (trust me, I tried making tortillas with crisco once, and I ended up with some very pie like tortillas for dinner). Sometimes you just need the right ingredient!
This cookie is deliciously almond-y with a nice crumbly texture. The recipe calls for an almond on top but I unfortunately only had pecans 😦 Hey! a nuts a nut!
Enough of my chatter….here’s the recipe 🙂
Ingredients:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Sift Flour, Baking Powder, and Salt. Set aside.
 3. Cream together Lard and Sugar. Beat in Egg and Almond Extract.
4. Add flour a little at a time beating on low until all ingredients are combined.
5. Scrape dough out onto a flour surface and knead slightly. Add more flour if dough is too wet or add a little water if dough is too dry.
6. Form dough into a log. Either cut or rip dough off in 1inch pieces.
7. Roll pieces into balls and place on greased cookie sheet. Place an almond in the center and press down.
8.Beat together egg yolk and water. Brush the top of cookies with egg yolk mixture and bake.
9. Bake for 13-15 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for about five minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
10. Eat and Enjoy!
These Chinese Almond Cookies taste amazing first thing out of the oven but the texture really comes out when they are entirely cooled.
Happy Baking
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